Topic: Fun With Math ...

[The Omen]

 

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Omen,

Unless Nintendo will be paying for overtime (and I doubt it; Nintendo is nothing if not cost-conscious), the number of shifts is meaningless. It's still the number of people by the number of hours worked. It is more efficient for the plant to run 24/7, but less efficient to pay people overtime (shift differentials notwithstanding). The math still holds ... it is unlikely that any given employee of the 150 being hired will work more than a 40 hour week.

A person wouldn't have to work overtime.  The shifts at the post office were three 12 hour shifts per week for some people.  That's 36 hours, therefore not OT.  It's a rotating schedule.

Besides, you know how much Manpower charges companies per hour?  A lot more than they pay the employees, I'll tell you that.

[Shecky]

Example of bad math and bad statistics....

[IceCold]

*sigh*

What exactly is the point even of that article?

[BranDonk Kong]

I think they're trying to show that Nintendo follows roughly the same trends in sales, as far as ESRB ratings are concerned,  as the rest of the industry, or something along those lines. It's a pretty lame and confusing article though.

[ryancoke]

I think they are just trying to show that Teen games are doing well on the Wii. I'm sure alot of gamers still think that only E rated games sell on Nintendo platforms.  Personally I just think that there isn't much real news to report right now so they are grasping for something to write about. I did find the article interesting though.

[Ceric]

Yeah.  I think they could have proven there point a little better if they would have put TP sales in a separate category from all the others.  Also they should have broken it down per Wii.  So that they give a ratio of how many of each ranking an average Wii owner would have with there system.  The graphs are pretty though.